Harness-ring.



'PA'I'ENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

HARNESS RING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1904.

R0 MODEL.

Ira/51v TOR TNESSES j By Ukar/es F R9110 lds ATTORNEYS g UNITED STATES I Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

HARNESS-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,185, dated September 6,1904.

Application filed April 26, 1904. Serial No. 204,981. (No model.)

T otZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHARLES F. REYNOLDS, a

citizen of the'United'States, residing at West.

Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Rings, of which the followingis a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains' to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the decoration of harness, and particularly to whatare known as plume-rings used for this purpose and suspended from the various parts of the harness, and particularly from the lines and bridles; and the object thereof is to provide improved devices of this class which are comparatively inexpensive and which may be suspended from any part of a harness by means of the rings with which the plumes are connected.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in whichv Figure 1 is a side view of a complete plumering and plume made accordingto my invention; Fig. 2,.a similar view showing a part of the device and the method of constructing the same and connecting the separate parts ther.e-

of; Fig. 8, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, asection on the line 4 f Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the modification with portions thereof in section or broken away so as to show the construction;

Fig. 6, a view similar to Fig. 5, showing an other modification; and Fig. 7 a side View of another modification.

In the practice of my invention I provide a ring a, which may be composed of wood, celluloid, rubber, or any other suitable material and-to which is secured a clamp-band b, the sides 6 of which when folded together are adapted to form jaws which are segmental in cross-section and together make up a tubular clamp member 5 over which is passed a sleeve 0. The plume d is composed of any suitable substance, cattleswitches or horse-tail switches being preferred, and the material of i said. plume is secured to a block or head 0?,

which is inserted into the tubular clamp member I2 and one side of the tubular clamp member 5 is provided with a hole 6 and the other side with a corresponding hole 6 and a longitudinal groove Z2, and a nail e is driven through said holes and through the block or head portion of the plume, and the end thereof is bent down into the groove 5, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The side members 6 of the tubular clamp member 6 are also pro vided with projecting lips 5 and when the head of the plume is secured in position in the manner described the sleeve 0 is slid onto or over the tubular clamp member 6 into the position shown in Fig. 4:, and the lips & hold said 6 5 sleeve in said position.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification in which a band f is secured to the ring a and provided with a circular boss'f from which the plumeholder is loosely suspended, so that the plume is free to swing independent of the ring a. In this form of construction the sleeve 0 is mounted on a tubular clamp member g, closed at one end, as shown at 9 and through which is passed a headed pin g which forms a pivotal support for the plume.

In this form of construction the sides of the tubular clamp member g are made similar to the tubular clamp member 5 (shown in Figs. 3 and 4,)and the sides thereof are provided with lips 9 similar to the lips'b and which hold the sleeve 0 in place.

In Fig. 6 I have shown another modification, in which I employ a tubular clamp member g the same as inFig. 5, and this tubular 5 clamp member is riveted to the ring a by means of a pin or similar device it, and'the sleeve 0 is mounted on the tubular clamp member, and the lips g hold said sleeve in place. In Fig.

7 a metal band i is secured to the ring a, and 9 a tubular clamp member j is employed similar to the clamp member shownin the other figures of the drawings and the sides of which. are provided with lips f which are similar to and serve for the same purposeas the lips 5 and g and hold the sleeve o in place.

The band 6 may be secured to the ring a by means of nails, pins, or rivets is or in any desired manner, or said band may be free to turn on said ring, and my invention is not limited to any particular material in the formation of the various parts thereof,v and by means thereof I provide a harness-decorating device which is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive and which may be applied to any part of a harness, including the bridle and lines, and changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising a ring, a tubular clamp member connected therewith, a plume provided with a head inserted into said clamp member and means for holding said head in said member, consisting of a nail passed through said clamp member and a sleeve into which said member is inserted and secured, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a ring, a clamp-band connected with said ring and provided with a tubular clamp member composed of two similar segmental jaws, a plume provided with a head which is secured in said clamp member and a sleeve in which said member is secured, substantially as shown and described.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a ring, a clamp-band mounted thereon and provided with a tubular clamp member composed of jaws which are segmental in crosssection and provided at their ends with lips, one of said members being provided with a hole and the other with a longitudinal groove and hole, a nail adapted to be passed through said holes and the end of which is adapted to be bent down into said groove, and a sleeve adapted to be passed onto said member and to be held thereon by said lips, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a ring, a clamp-band connected therewith and provided with a tubular clamp member consisting of separate jaws segmental in crosssection and means for securing a plume in said member, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of April, 190

CHARLES F. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

E. L. TWING, AMELIA C. YOUNG. 

